Nur-Sultan vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2094
🏠 One person rent	$362	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$87.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$563
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	42	38
😀 Quality of life	68	48
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.98M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 8% less expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 6947th and 6706th ($729 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 26th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zhanjiang ranked 170th in China, while ranked 4595th and 6786th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Zhanjiang

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	Nur-Sultan	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$52.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$9.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$4390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$2662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$4.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$5.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$5.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$32.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$9.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$39.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$16727

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$773
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$780
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$677
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$726
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$590
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$693
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$816
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$827
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$809
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$829
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$551
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$518
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$758
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$568
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1746
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$589
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$559
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$662
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$574
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$766
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$777
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$562
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$662
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$878
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2414
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$558
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$556
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$765
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$546
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$574